Garment-fitting device.



M. M. JOHNSON.

, GARMENT FITTING DEVIGE.

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MARY JOHNsON, OF DENVER, COLORADO, AssIeNon TO LILIAN F. JOHNSON, or

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Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Applicationfiled February 11, 1908. serial No. 415,409.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, MARY M. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing atDenver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Garment-Fitting Device, of which the folble tapes or bands with means for holding these tapes together so that the tapes may be moved in either direction one relative to the other, and these several tapes are so ar ranged as to be capable of being placed upon the seam lines of the garment or garments to be produced, and for this purpose the tapes are provided each with a distinctive edge by means of which the proper edge for marking the pattern upon the cloth is indicated after the device is removed from the'body of the person to which it has been fitted. V i

The invention furthermore comprises a section by means of which waists, coats, princess gowns and like garments may be 30 fitted to the person and another section whereby skirts may be fitted, both sections cooperating with one section arranged to be fitted upon one-half of the person while the other section may be fitted upon the other half of the person. In additionto these two 7 sections there is provided a sleeve section for cooperative and connected fitting to and with waist and coat section by means of which various types of sleeves may be fitted at the same time the other two sections are in use. These several sections may then be removed and used separately for a platting of the garment or garments.

In order to carry out the invention certain connecting devices are employed whereby the several sections may be temporarily united for the one operation of fittingand be afterward readily separated for the platting of the cloth for the garment or garments from which they are to be made without in in any manner disturbing the relation of the several bands or tapes indicatingthe seams upon which the several parts of the cloth when out out are to be sewed together.

The invention in its various parts, to-

gether with certain features not heretofore mentioned, will be best understood from a consideration of the following detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention to the human figure. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing another aspect of the invention as applied to the human figure. Fi 3 is a displayed view of the sleeve section the device laid out in position for marking upon a piece of cloth. Fig. 4 is adisplayed view of the skirt section indicating the manner of platting. Fig. 5 is a displayed view of the waist or body section indicating the manner of latting. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are detail views i1 ustrating forms of buckles or connecting devices useful in connection with the invention.

:The entire device comprises a waist section, a skirt section and a sleeve section.

Considering first the Waist section, it is madeupj of horizontal and vertical tapes, there being provided a horizontal neck tape 1', a bust tape 2, an under-bust tape 3, a waisttape 4, an under-waist tape 5 and a hip tape 6, and in addition to these tapes there are other tapes not intended to extend entirely around the body, which may be designated chest and back tapes, and these are-shown at 7 and 7, respectively. The vertical tapes comprise a front tape 8, a back tape 9, a middle front tape 10, a dart tape 11, an under-arm tape 12, a double under-arm tape 13 and a middle back tape 14.. All the vertical tapes extend down to the waist, under-waist and hip horizontal tapes, and all are likewise connected to the bust and under-bust tapes. The front and back tapes 8 and 9 are the only ones of the vertical tapes which are connected directly to the neck band 1. The chest and back tapes 7 and 7 are each connected to a tape designed to indicate the eye of the arm, and this eye-arm tape is likewise connected to two shoulder tapes 15 and 16 which in turn are connected to adjacent ends of the neck tape to this point. Themiddle front tape 10 is connected to the shoulder tape 15, and the middle back tape 14 is connected to shoulder tape16, and the adjacent ends of these two tapes 10 and 14 areprovided with means for connecting them to the respective shoulder tapes 15 and 16 in such manner that they may also be connected adjustably and with their seam'indicating edges meeting, together. It is also true of the connect ing means of the shoulder strips 15 and 16 to the neck band 1, whereby means for connecting the ends of the connecting band at this point to the shoulder strips also serves as a means for coupling or uncoupling the neck band at such point. The upper ends of the under arm and double under arm bands are also connected to the band encircling the eye of the arm.

Wherever the bands cross or one band is connected to another band, there is provided a buckle 17 or connection such as indicated in Figs. 6 and 7, where there is shown a rectangular frame across which there is a connecting member or loop 18 pressed out of the plane of the buckle frame to form a loop for the passage of one of the tapes. On the other side of the frame from the loop 18 there are formed two ears 19 by upturning the longer edges of the frame into parallelism, and these ears receive pintles 20 formed on the edges of a clamp lever 21 having its front arm 22 arranged to clamp another tape against the tape passing through the loop 18 against the latter. This structure provides a means whereby two tapes may be clamped together at any desired point. When they lie at right angles to each other they are brought into close relation without bunching and the parts will lie closely against the cloth to be platted when the pattern sections are laid thereon for marking the cloth. In some instances it is desirable that the two sections of tape be clamped together while extending in the same direction. In such case the loop 18 of the buckle is arranged at right angles to the position shown in Figs. 6 and 7. In order that certain of the parts where two bands are connected together may be further connected one to the other, the buckles are there provided one with a hook 23 and the other with an eye 24, as indicated in Fig. 8, so that these buckles serve the purpose ofhooks and eyes. In order to differentiate hook and eye buckles from the other buckles they will be designated by the reference numerals 25, but aside from the hooks and eyes, these buckles may be identical with the buckles 17.

In the structure thus far described the buckles 25 are located at the junction of the shoulder straps 15 and 16 with the neck band 1, and also at the junction of the middle front band and middle back band and armeye band with the respective shoulder bands 15 and 16. Also the hook and eye buckles 25 are employed at the meeting ends of the horizontal waist, under-waist andhip bands, both front and back, so that these bands may be readily separated at these points. The neck band 1, the bust band 2 and the underbust band 3 need only be separated at one point, and these several bands may be connected by any simple type of buckle, such as indicated at 26 in Fig. 1, whereby they may be drawn about the figure of the person and maintained under any degree of tension desired. The sleeve section is united to the body section by hook and eye or any suitabh} means whereby the edges of the arm-eye tapes of the respective sections may be held adjusted and fitted together, that these parts of the garment when platted may correspond.

The lower ends of the vertical bands so far described may be of such length below the hip band as may be desired for indicating the length of coats or gowns wherein the skirt and waist are continuous, and while in. the drawings the lower ends of some of these bands are indicated as terminating only a moderate distance below the hip band, it is to be understood that any or all of these bands may be as long as may be desired. The front band 8 is shown as extending the full length of the figure.

The arm section of the device is best shown in Fig. 3 and is also shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This section consists of an armeye band. 27, an elbow band 28 and a wrist band 29, with a longitudinal top band 30. back band 31 and two front bands 32-33:l, the latter being brought together at the front when the device is applied to the arm. In this case suitable hook and eye buckles 2.3 are provided so that the arm-eye band may be removably secured to the waist device. The skirt section of the pattern device is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4-, here the underwaist and hip horizontal bands are the same as the upper garment bands and constitute half of the same. There is a front skirt band 34 and a rear skirt band and as many intermediate gore bands 36 may be desired. Each band 84, 35 and 36 is adjustably secured to the waist, under-waist and hip bands by suitable buckles, the front and rear bands '34. and 35 being secured by lmckles 25 while the other bands are secured by buckles 17.

The bands or tapes are made of some flexible material which will readily conform to the shape of the body of the person to be fitted. These bands or tapes are made longer than is necessary for the length of the person to be fitted so that there will always be an extended end beyond the last buckle used. The extreme ends of the bands may be protected by metal or other caps. .ln order to distinguish the marking edge of each band some characteristic ind' -.ation is provided on its edge, such as a row of stitches or colored threads woven in the band, or any other means whereby the marking edge may be individualized. This indication is shown conventionally in the drawings at 37. In order to prevent the free ends of the bands from pulling through llC- the end buckles, these free ends maybe provided with staples or stops 38 of any through the adjacent buckle.

It is to be observed that. the fitting device for the upper garment is so disposed as to embrace one-halt only of the figure otthe person being fitted, while the skirt end of the device is arranged to embrace the oppo site half of the person to be fitted, the waist and lower horizontal bands coacting with each part and made detachable so that while the waist or upper portion of the garment and the skirt or lower portion of the garment may be fitted both at the same time, these portions of the garment, may be separately used for marking out the'necessary shape upon the cloth 7 Y In the use of the device the tapes or hands are always adjusted so that they have free projecting ends, for a purpose which will presently ap ear. The vertical tapes or hands are use to indicate the seams or sewing lines of the garment wherever necessary and such of the horizontal bands as may be necessary for indicating seam lines are rovided with the indicating edges. The iorizontal tapes are provided for every part of the body at which any change of size.

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After the person has been fitted and those buckles where the tapes cross have been locked, the device is removed from the body, the parts being separated at the hook and eye buckles wherever necessary and the device so adjusted is placed u on the material to be cut previouly arrange upon a suitable table or support. The free ends of the bands wherever necessary. are held in place by thumb tacks 39 or other suitable fastening devices, as indicated in Figs. 3 to 5, and since the bands are pliable in all directions so as to lie flat and bend sidewise they may be made to register each successive shape or pattern.

In using the device it is placed upon the person to be fitted with the several buckles released, with the shoulder bands hooked together and the skirt and sleeve sections hooked to the waist section; The horizontal tapes are adjusted about the body as nearly straight as may be, and tight or loose according to circumstances and the fit desired. The indicating edge of the vertical tapes are placed at the precise position o'ithe seam lines of the desired garment, and the position of these several tapes and the number used will depend upon the style of garment to be produced. a g

When the several'tapes have been severally placed and locked in position, the sections are unhooked one from the other, and those horizontal bands which extend entirely around the body in one piece are loosened at the connecting ends and the several sections are then readyto be placed upon the cloth and the pattern drawn upon the latter in conformity with the shapes indicated by the device.

W hat is claimed is 1. In a garment fitting device, a series of adjustable flexible bands or tapes arranged to encircle different parts of the body'to be fitted, longitudinal bands or tapes for indicating the seam lines of one side of the body and extending from the neck line downward as far as the upper garment is to extend, and other longitudinal flexible bands or tapes extending down "from the waist line, and including that side of the body opposite the side occupied by the first-named longitudinal bands, the bands arranged to include one side of the body being separable from those arranged to include the other side of the body.

2. A device for fitting garments comprising horizontal bands arranged to encircle the body being fitted, and separable in two parts from the waist downward, other bands extending vertically across the horizontal bands and extending from the neck to the lowermost of the horizontal bands, and still other bands arranged to lie on that side of the body being fitted opposite to the said vertical bands and extending from the waist band only and downward, and means for adjustably coupling the parts where they cross.

3. In a device for fitting garments to the person of the wearer, woven pattern bands having the edges corresponding to the seams provided with threads characteristically differentiated from those of the rest of the band to distinguish said edge.

4. Ina device for fitting garments, flexible ta es or bands of woven material having the e ge corresponding to the location of seams woven characteristically difierent from the other edge.

5'. In a garment fitting device, woven ta es or bands having one edge provided wlth a strand or strands of a color difierent from the body of the band to characteristically difierentiate said edge.

6. In a device for fitting garments, a series of tapes or bands longer than the length of the part to be fitted, means for adjustably fixing the b'andstogether where they cross, and means for preventing the tapes or bands from escaping from said fastenmg devices when' the latter are loosened.

7. A garment fitting device composed of flexible, horizontal and vertical tapes or bands made up of separate sections, adjustable connections at the intersection point of the band of each section, and adjustable couplings at the meeting points of the sections, the tapes or bands employed to indicate seams in the garment each having the seam indicating edge provided with threads characteristically differentiated from the rest of the bands to distinguish said seam indicating edge.

8. A garment fitting device, composed of a neck band, bust band, under-bust band, Waist band, under-Waist band and hip band all arranged to extend horizontally about the person to be fitted, Width of chest and Width of back bands, an arm-eye, a shoulder band, a front band, middle front band, dart band, under-arm band, double under-arm band, middle back band and back band all arranged so as to engage the person to be fitted when set vertically, and adnistable means for coupling the horizontal bands together, and adjustable means for coupling the bands together at their intersecting points.

9. A garment ifitting device comprising a Waist section arranged to be conformed to one-half of the body, a skirt section arranged to be conformed to the other half of the body below the Waist, and common separable horizontal bands at the waist and at other points below the same for both the waist section and skirt section.

10. A garment fitting device comprising a Waist section arranged to be conformed to one-l'ialf of the body, an arm section. cooperating with the waist section, a skirt section arranged to be conformed to the other half of the body below the waist, and separable horizontal bands common to the Waist and skirt sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARY M. JOHNSON.

Ni tnesses F. E. JoHNsoN, E. L. JonNsoN. 

